Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to polishing pads, and methods for manufacturing polishing pads, which may be used in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. The polishing pads described herein feature a continuous polymer phase of polishing pad material comprising one or more first material domains and a plurality of second material domains. The one or more first material domains are formed of a polymerized reaction product of a first pre-polymer composition, the plurality of second material domains are formed of a polymerized reaction product of a second pre-polymer composition, the second pre-polymer composition is different from the first pre-polymer composition, and interfacial regions between the one or more first material domains and the plurality of second material are formed of a co-polymerized reaction product of the first pre-polymer composition and the second pre-polymer composition.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for manufacturing polishing articles used in polishing processes are provided. In one implementation, a method of forming a polishing pad is provided. The method comprises depositing an uncured first layer of a pad forming photopolymer on a substrate. The method further comprises positioning a first optical mask over the first layer of the uncured pad forming photopolymer. The first optical mask includes a patterned sheet of material having at least one aperture. The method further comprises exposing the uncured first layer of the pad forming photopolymer to electromagnetic radiation to selectively polymerize exposed portions of the uncured first layer of the pad forming photopolymer to form pad-supporting structures within the first layer of pad forming photopolymer.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, addition polymer precursor compounds, catalysts, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one polymer precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. Embodiments of the disclosure further provide a polishing pad with polymeric layers that may be interpenetrating polymer networks.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a reflector for use in a thermal processing chamber. In one embodiment, the thermal processing chamber generally includes an upper dome, a lower dome opposing the upper dome, the upper dome and the lower dome defining an internal volume of the processing chamber, a substrate support disposed within the internal volume, and a reflector positioned above and proximate to the upper dome, wherein the reflector has a heat absorptive coating layer deposited on a side of the reflector facing the substrate support.
Abstract:
Embodiments herein generally relate to polishing pads and methods of forming polishing pads. A polishing pad includes a plurality of polishing elements. Each polishing element comprises an individual surface that forms a portion of a polishing surface of the polishing pad and one or more sidewalls extending downwardly from the individual surface to define a plurality of channels disposed between the polishing elements. Each of the polishing elements has a plurality of pore-features formed therein. Each of the polishing elements is formed of a pre- polymer composition and a sacrificial material composition. In some cases, a sample of the cured pre-polymer composition has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 80 °C or greater. A storage modulus (E') of the cured pre-polymer composition at a temperature of 80 °C (E'80) can be about 200 MPa or greater.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for polishing pads that include at least one endpoint detection (EPD) window disposed through the polishing pad material, and methods of forming thereof. In one embodiment a method of forming a polishing pad includes forming a first layer of the polishing pad by dispensing a first precursor composition and a window precursor composition, the first layer comprising at least portions of each of a first polishing pad element and a window feature, and partially curing the dispensed first precursor composition and the dispensed window precursor composition disposed within the first layer.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad includes successively depositing a plurality of layers with a 3D printer, each layer of the plurality of polishing layers deposited by ejecting a base material from a first nozzle and an additive material from a second nozzle and solidifying the base and additive material to form a solidified pad material.
Abstract:
A polishing article manufacturing system includes a feed section and a take-up section, the take-up section comprising a supply roll having a polishing article disposed thereon for a chemical mechanical polishing process, a print section comprising a plurality of printheads disposed between the feed section and the take-up section, and a curing section disposed between the feed section and the take-up section, the curing section comprising one or both of a thermal curing device and an electromagnetic curing device.
Abstract:
A polishing pad for chemical mechanical polishing is provided. The polishing pad includes a base region having a supporting surface. The polishing pad further includes a plurality of polishing features forming a polishing surface, the polishing surface opposing the supporting surface. The polishing pad further includes one or more channels formed in an interior region of the polishing pad and extending at least partly around a center of the polishing pad, wherein each channel is fluidly coupled to at least one port.
Abstract:
Embodiments herein generally relate to polishing pads and methods of forming polishing pads. A method of forming a polishing pad includes (a) dispensing droplets of a pre-polymer composition and droplets of a sacrificial material composition onto a surface of a previously formed print layer according to a predetermined droplet dispense pattern. The method includes (b) at least partially curing the dispensed droplets of the pre-polymer composition to form a print layer. The method includes (c) sequentially repeating (a) and (b) to form a polishing layer having a plurality of pore- features formed therein. The pre-polymer composition includes a multifunctional acrylate component. A curing rate of the dispensed droplets of the pre-polymer composition including the multifunctional acrylate component when exposed to a first dose of electromagnetic radiation is greater than a curing rate of the pre-polymer composition without the multifunctional acrylate component when exposed to the same first dose of electromagnetic radiation.